Strade Bianche 2018 – Photo Gallery

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It may have been around for little over a decade, but in a very short space of time, the Strade Bianche has become one of the most recognisable races on the professional calendar. Tuscany’s dirt roads and rolling hills provide the perfect setting for a unique battle between the sport’s classics specialists and grand tour climbers. This year’s pre-race favourites included the likes Peter Sagan and Michal Kwiatkowski, but it would Tiesj Benoot, Roman Bardet and Wout Van Aert that would emerge as the unexpected stars of the show.

ProBikeKit travelled to Italy with Sportful to watch the 13th edition of the Strade Bianche. An edition that will surely go down in history as one of the most memorable races in the modern cycling era. Below is a selection of images from the race as we watched the world’s greatest cyclists take on the Senese dirt roads, finishing at the Piazza Del Campo, in Renaissance Siena.

A relaxed Peter Sagan on the evening prior to the race.

Our first glimpse of the peloton on sector 4.

Salvatore Puccio muscling his way up one of the many Tuscan climbs.

GPS system not necessary when you have Paolo Bettini as your guide.

Alejandro Valverde stretching his legs and stretching the lead group.

Many riders retired after their job for the day was done, Kristjan Koren sought shelter in our Sportful van.

Peter Sagan keeping his cool while the race explodes around him.

We watched the final of the race unfold from our vantage point atop Monte Sante Marie.

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I've been a keen cyclist since the age of thirteen and began racing competitively on the road as a junior. Since then I've spent three seasons racing full time in Belgium, competing in UCI races, interclubs and kermesses. I've always been interested in writing and marketing, especially in relation to the cycling industry and road racing.

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Cycling fans who are suffering withdrawal symptoms since the Tour de France finished only have a few days left to wait until they get their next Grand Tour fix, as La Vuelta a España kick-starts on 19th August in er, well…France! The three-week, 3,200km long race, sees the cyclists start in France for the first time ever before crossing the mountains of Andorra en route to the Tour’s home of Spain.